485BXT 1 e76529-485bxt.htm FORM 485BXT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2017
Securities Act File No. 33-26305
Investment Company Act File No. 811-05742
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [_]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 772 [X]
and/or  
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE  
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 774 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
__________________		  
BLACKROCK FUNDSSM  
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)  
   
100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809  
(Address of Principal Executive Office)  
   
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (800) 441-7762  
   
John M. Perlowski
BlackRock Funds
55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10055
United States of America		  
 
 
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)  
Copies to:  
Counsel for the Fund:  
John A. MacKinnon, Esq. Benjamin Archibald, Esq.
Sidley Austin LLP BlackRock Advisors, LLC
787 Seventh Avenue 55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019-6018 New York, New York 10055
__________________
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[_] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on December 29, 2017 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[_] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[_] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.001 per share.
       

 

 
 

 

Explanatory Note

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 772 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (Amendment No. 774 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) of BlackRock FundsSM (the “Registrant”) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of delaying, until December 29, 2017, the effectiveness of the registration statement for BlackRock Credit Opportunities Portfolio (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 171 on June 2, 2011, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act.

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 772 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 171 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, BlackRock FundsSM (the “Registrant”) certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act and duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 772 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant, to be signed on behalf of the Registrant by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on the 30th day of November, 2017.

 

BLACKROCK FUNDSSM, on behalf of its series, BlackRock Credit Opportunities Portfolio
   
By: /s/ John M. Perlowski              
  John M. Perlowski
  President and Chief Executive Officer
   

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 772 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

  Signature   Title Date
         
  /s/ John M. Perlowski   Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) November 30, 2017
  John M. Perlowski      
  /s/ Neal J. Andrews   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) November 30, 2017
  Neal J. Andrews      
         
  Susan J. Carter*   Trustee  
  Susan J. Carter      
         
  Collette Chilton*   Trustee  
  Collette Chilton      
         
  Neil A. Cotty*   Trustee  
  Neil A. Cotty      
         
  Rodney D. Johnson*   Trustee  
  Rodney D. Johnson      
         
  Cynthia A. Montgomery*   Trustee  
  Cynthia A. Montgomery      
         
  Joseph P. Platt*   Trustee  
  Joseph P. Platt      
         
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.*   Trustee  
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.      
         
  Mark Stalnecker*   Trustee  
  Mark Stalnecker      
 
  Kenneth L. Urish*   Trustee  
  Kenneth L. Urish      
         
                 
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  Claire A. Walton*   Trustee  
  Claire A. Walton      
         
  Frederick W. Winter*   Trustee  
  Frederick W. Winter      
         
  Barbara G. Novick*   Trustee  
  Barbara G. Novick      
         
*By: /s/ Benjamin Archibald     November 30, 2017
  Benjamin Archibald (Attorney-In-Fact)      
         
         
         
                 

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